Every Friday, pop critics for The New York Times weigh in on the week’s most notable new tracks. Listen to the Playlist on ...

She's your favorite rapper's favorite rapper, and now she's up for best new artist at the 2025 Grammys. Meet Doechii.

Pop Smoke, whose real name was Bashar Jackson, was found mortally wounded at a short-term rental home at 2033 Hercules Drive ...

Cent may be a decade removed from his last studio album, but the Hip-Hop star’s music continues to dominate the airwaves, even in the streaming era. According to YouTube, the Southside Jamaica, Queens ...

Florida native Doechii brought down the house during the 2025 Grammy Awards and made history. Here's what to know about ...

On “Do You Have a Destination?” a track from Mac Miller’s “Balloonerism,” his second posthumous release, the rapper muses on one of his most frequently explored topics: life and death. “I went to ...

The Recording Academy has made concerted efforts to diversify in recent years. Did they finally get it right this year?

Beyoncé winning the trophy for album of the year was the highlight of the Grammy Awards, but there were plenty of other key ...

Seven people from New York City and Long Island have been busted ... bragged about the scheme in a rap track titled “Im So Sophisticated (IRS),” the feds allege. Screengrab of Jamari Lewis ...

A 24-year-old man pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and two counts of home-invasion robbery Wednesday in connection with the 2020 fatal shooting of rapper Pop Smoke in the Hollywood Hills.

Lombard, also known as DIVINE, announced this week the launch of a new company, in partnership with RAKIM, one of hip-hop’s most influential ... by Rolling Stone in 2020 as it was one of the ...

If you were around in the 1990s, you’ve probably heard of Kris Kross, the pint-sized rap group that had everyone ... each other on their records. In a 2020 interview with Off the Radar TV ...